downloaded Bitlord now my camera light is on but can't access it
Earlier today I (stupidly) downloaded Bitlord - for others out there, don't do this! It came along with a whole host of adware or malware, not sure what exactly. Through downloading Bitlord, Mackeeper was also installed without me being aware of it until it was too late. My homepage was changed to hmining.mobi and all my searches were going through yahoo.
I have found several files (in extensions, applications) and deleted them, as per the instructions in this forum from Linc Davis, which I found really helpful (not the first person's instructions, I didn't install another program!): Remove hmining.mobi.
However, my built in camera (now covered with a sticky note) light went on at some point (I didn't notice exactly when) and will not go off. I have opened up Skype, Photo Booth, and Image Capture, and all programs say there is no camera available.
I used Skype earlier today and the camera was working fine, though this was actually after I had installed and then removed most everything, I believe, so maybe it is something I did subsequent to that? The things I did subsequent to removing all the programs are as follows: turned on my firewall through mac, and installed Norton Security and ran a system scan (came back with nothing to report). Skype is allowed to access incoming connections (setting through my firewall).
So four possibilities: 1. someone has hijacked my camera and is watching me (not creepy at all).
2. Norton security or the firewall is not letting the camera be registered
3. I accidentally deleted something important to running the camera when I was deleting what I thought was malware
4. my camera stopped working for some unrelated reason
Any way to check or figure out which of these possibilities is right? Thank you in advance for your help and advice, I really appreciate it.
note: I have a 2010 Macbook Air, running Yosemite version 10.10.5
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)